Color photography



Nov. 3, 1936. v L P. MANNES ErAL 2,059,834

COLOR FHO'OGRPHY f l fue@ sept. 21, 1952 2 Smets-sheet z Patented Nov. 3, 1936 2,059,884 coLon.- PHOTOGRAPHY Leopold D. Mannes and Leopold Godowsky, Jr.,

Rochester, N. Y., assignors, by mesne assignments, to Eastman Kodak Company, Jersey Y City, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 21, 1932, Serial No. 634,182

This invention -relates to a three-color photographic process and one which is particularly adapted to color motion pictures. It comprises a method whereby a two-color negative is processed as a three-color positive.

The process involves a number of new and novel steps, some of which lead to simplifications in the apparatus and operations necessary. These steps will be apparent from the following description and from the drawings in which A Fig.. 1 is a diagrammatic cross-section of the negative film used. y

Fig. 2 is a. diagrammatic representation of the l Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic side view of the' printer, and

Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the positive film after processing.

'Ihe process will rst be briey outlined and will then be fully described. In one of its forms, it is carried out as follows: The negative film -F as shown in. Fig. l consists of a support I carrying superposed layers of green and red sensitized emulsions designated 2 and 3 respectively having a thinintermediate layer of unsensitized gelatine 4. This negative film F is exposed in split-beam two-color camera of the type shown in Fig. 2. which will be more fully described hereinafter. Alternate frames A and B are exposed through suitable lters to yellow (red plus green) and blue light respectively. This negative is then processed by developing the layer nearest the support in a color developer to form an image of a minus green color and in the top layer is developed an image of a minus red. As shown in ii'ig.v 3, in this color developed negative the red record image I5 is found in area A in the upper layer colored a minus red. The green record image I6 is found in area A in the lower layer and is colored-a minus green. The blue record image is found in both layers in area B, the portion I1 in the upper layer being colored minus red and the portion I8 in the lower layer being colored minus green.

This negative is then printed by projection upon a new type of positive nlm which is illustrated in Fig..4.. It comprises asupport 20 having on one side superposedvlayers 2l and 22 of highly transparent emulsion, the lower 2i being sensitized to green and the upper 22 to red light and separated by a thin gelatine layer 23 and on the other surface carrying a'layer 24 sensi-l tive to infra-red light. The printing is done by projecting the alternate frames in super-position upon the positive film. The red and green record frame A (taken through the yellow filter) is printed on the double coated side of the positive film through a minus blue filter and through a dilute copper sulfate solution which cuts off the infra-red rays which would otherwise aiectf the emulsion on the reverse side of the lm. The blue record frame is printed by light of about 720-850 mp. on the water-proof single infra-red sensitive emulsion on the reverse side of the film. This may be done by an optical printer of a known type in which the image is brought to the reverse side by means of prisms and mirrors, but we prefer the much simplified method of printing this image through the double layer on the front of the positive film and we have accordingly made a. positive lm Which'will permit of this being done successfully. This film and the method of printing will later be described more in detail.

It is to be understood that all the layers described in this specification are more or less blue sensitive and care must be taken to exclude blue rays when these layers are intended to record only light records other than blue.

The result of the -printing as described is to print the minus red colored image I 5 of the negative film representing the red record component, in the red sensitized top coating 22 of the positive illrn. 'Ihe minus green colored image I6 is printed on the green sensitive positive lower layer 2|. Both of these color records are found in frame A of Fig. 3. Frame B is printed by infra- `red light on the reverse side of the positive either by projection through the other two layers or by optical meansfas stated. In the resulting positive the red component is in the top layer and is to be processed to a minus red color. The green component is in the second layer next the support and is to hev processed to minus green, and the blue record has been printed by infra-red light on the reverse side, and is to be processed to a minus blue or yellow.

The three-layer positive as now printed is then processed in color developers with a suitable technique to give the results indicated. This gives a three-color positive shown in Fig. 8 which has been produced from a two-color negative.

The full details of the process will now be described, it being understood that numerous modiilcations and equivalents are poible.

Negatoe material For the negative a iihn is used carrying' two superposed emulsion layers on the same side ot the film base. Between these two emulsion layers is a. very thin layer oi clear gelatine. The two emulsion layers are differentially sensitized withdyestolightofdiilerentregionsofthe spectrum. In practice the following negative material has been found to give the best results.

Thelmbase i isfirstcoatedwlthalayer of a thickness oi the order of .0002 inch oi a very rapid emulsion sensitized to the green region of the spectrum between 510490 ma, with a maximum at about 550 ma. A fast emulsion sensitized with erythrosin has been found satisfactory. Over this emulsion is coated a very thin layer of gelatine I. The nal top coating 3 is of the same order otthickness as layer 2 and is a red sensitized rapid emulsion which has been diluted with an equal weight of gelatine before coating to give greater transparency, less density, less tendency to exhaust the developer diifusing through it, and ilnally, less tendency to harden the gelatine where the image develops.v For this top emulsion layer a fast emulsion has been used, sensitized with a red sensitizer conferrlng sensitivity primarily in the region between 600 and '100 ma with a maximum near 650 ma. Such a sensitizer is naphthocyanol.-

Both layers are, o1 course, sensitive to blue.

It is important for this red sensitized layer to use an emulsion that is relatively insensitive to light of wave-lengths around 520530 ma. For the lower green sensitized emulsion this restrictdon is not necessary, as will be seen. The total thickness of the coatings o1 this material altogether should not substantially exceed the thickness of a single normal coating on negative motion picture lm as ordinarily supplied.

It is naturally important that these two emulsions, as finally coated, have very similar essential characteristics oI latitude, speed. contrast and maximum density.

The unsensitised clear gelatine intermediate layer ailords protection possible wandering of the sensltizing dyes from one emulsion to the other.

Negative exporte Thelmisexposedinacamemof the split beam type whichtwo 'adjacent frames simultaneously to'the same light image. Buch a suitable camera is illustrated diagrammatically in Fig. 2. A light from the subject S\ is transmittedbythespecialopticalsystemtothe film as shown. `vA rhomb Il of optical glass has cemented to one lace a glass prism I2 which is partially silvered along the face 5, being either oi the semi-transparent type or having transmitting or reflecting areas. The face i of the rhomb is completely silvered. As indicated by the diagram, this system will give riseto two images,onethroughthetaceiandone,trom the 'lace l, which are transmitted by objectives landlthroughllltersland Il inthetwolramesAandBofthenegativeillm P. lntheensuingdescriponweshallcallany dm exposed pair of frames A and B respectively. 'Itisunderstoodthatanycolorse leelaiomcameraottamiliartypelnaybeusedandl thattheexposuresoftrammaybe Intbepathol thebeamfallingontrameAis asharpcuttingyellownlterlotwellknowntype absorbing practically all the blue light. and trammittingredandgreenlight. Astheredsensitive coating 3 of the negative nlm is practically insensitive to light between 510-590 mp. it will record through the yellow lter only the red light component ofV a tri-color system. 'I'he iowa' green Sensitive laye'i 2 will v MIU Iii' Iecordonlythegreencomponentranainglrmn approximately 510-590 ma. Owing to the relativelylarger exposure required for obtaining two correct differential color component records on "Trame A as described, the partial reflecting surface 5 in front of lens l should transmit considerably more than one-half the incident light directLv to frame A, say l0-80%. The r of the incident light is reflected to the surface i in front of lens 8 which, in turn, reflects it fully through lens 8 and through a blue filter Il absorbing red and yellow. Owing to the natural blue sensitivity oi' both emulsion layers. frame B will contain the blue component record of the tri-color system recorded in both emulsion layers substantially without any diierential action. As the blue sensitivity of theserapid emulsions is very high, lull exposure may be obtained using only a relatively small percentage of the total light reflected from the subject phOtOsrlJhed. The ratio of exposure of frames A and B will naturally be altered according to the source of illumination and other requirements of the materials actually employed. Filters having the abi sorption characteristics described are well known.

As the camera mechanism (not shown) pulls down two frames at a time for each exposure, double the normal length o! illm is used.

This negative sensitive material and the process of exposing it are the subjects of our prim- Patent No. 1.969.469, granted August 7, 1934.

Nmarrvs Pnocrnsmo-Mrraoo A Step 1 After the negative is exposed, the illm is developed and fixed as in ordinary photographic` procedure.' A developing formula is chosen which produces the minimum of selective hardening of the gelatine where the image develops. Diamino-phenol-sodium sulflte containing a small quantity of sodium bisulte has been very satisfactory. Such a. formula is Formula I Diamino phenol gra.ms 5 Sodium sulnte, grams-.. l0 Sodium bisulilte grams-- 5 Potassium bromide grams-- 1-4 Water to .liter- 1 stepsA The illm is now in dilute potassium Ierricyanide to convert the silver images to silver Ierrocyanide without local o! the gelmadeconsecutivelyinsteadotusly. atine. Silverterrocyanideproducedisvery ily reducible back to metallic silver A suitable Formula 1V manch is Formula ,I chromic scid, 10% solution. 1o

Hydro-bromic acid, !f1% solution.. ..cc 3 Potassium ferricyamde grams-- 10 Potassium bromide igmns-- 2 Ammonia 28% -cc" 10 Methan@ m- 300 Water to NPL- 1 Water cr 90 Step 3 The next step is the exposure and re-development of the bleached images in a color-forming developer yielding insoluble monochrome dye images, together with re-developed silver. A red or magenta dye is required and has been satisfactorily obtained using cyanacetophenone or thio-indoxyl used with diethyl-paraphenylenediamine in alkaline solution. The dye chosen must, besides permanence and insolubility, have the following two essential properties, thereby excluding certain of the available red couplers: (1) It must have as sharp an absorption band as possible, to afford an eicient printing image. As this image will print on the green sensitized layer of the positive lm, the dye in this printing image should absorb as efliciently as possible the light in the sensitivity range of the green'sensitive positive emulsion, and at the same time transmit as efficiently as possible all the light in the sensitivity range of the red sensitive positive emulsion. This red dye may, and in practice does, transmit blue light as well, for blue light is excluded altogether in positive printing .and therefore plays no part in the printing process. (2) It must bleach easily in the chromic acid-bromide-alcohol bleach described later, and not be restored as dye in the subsequent stop bath used in connection with that bleach.

A suitable red color developer is Formula III Sodium carbonate grams 10 Sodium suliite grams-- 0.5 Diethyl p-phenylene diamine 'HCl grams 0.5 Water to liter l In 100 c. c. of this solution is dissolved 0.05 of brom-thio-indoxyl.

This color development of both layers must either be carried to completion or, if stopped before completion, must be followed by a hypo bath to remove any undeveloped silver ferrocyanide. drying step is important, since we havepfound that the control in the following step is very much more accurate if the lm is dried before the upper image is submitted to the differential treatment to be next described, because a processing bath intended to affect only .the upper image penetrates a Well dried layer much more slowly than it does a wet or moist layer.

Step l,

surface layer in l5 to 30 seconds, depending upon temperature and the thickness of the emulsion coating.

The following is a satisfactory formulav for this bleach:

After washing, the film is dried. This` The time of immersion in this bleach is carefully measured by trial, which is easily done. and after the bleaching bath the lm is immediate1y immersed in a stop bath of this formula:

Ammonia 28% '..cc 5 Water cr 100 The action of this bleach bath is to convert to silver bromide the silver in the top emulsion layer only and to bleach the dye formed with the silver image to a colorless compound which is very soluble in the alcohol of the bleach bath.

The bleaching action would continue undesirably to the lower layer if not checked. Also, some of the undissolved bleached dye wou1d be restored to color in the image again as the acid was gradually washed out of the film. To check the bleaching action quickly and prevent restoration of dye,- the stop bath given is used with V very satisfactory effect. An alternative formula for a stop bath is the following:

Methanol l cc-- 400 Sodium sulfe grams 20 Ammonia 28% cc 10 Water to make 1 liter.

film-with silver plus dye in the lower layer, and silver bromide in the upper layer. Therefore,

subsequent immersion in a blue-green (minus red) color-forming developer, such as dichloroor trichlor-alpha-naphthol with diethyl-paraphenylene-diamine, causes development only in the top layer where the image is formed of silver bromide. Of course, the film must be exposed to white light at this point to render the silver bromide developable.

A suitable blue-green color developer is the following:

Formula V Solution A Water Q liter-- 1 Sodium carbonate l grams-- 10 Sodium sulfite grams. 5 Diethyl p-phenylene diamine HC1- grams 2 Solution B 2:314 trichlor-alpha naphthol grams 1 Methanol... cc 150 For use take f Solution A cc-- 100 Solution B. m- 15 Aiterdevelopmmtinthisbath, thenlmisthen washed.

Step

5 The nnal'step in the is to remove thesilverimngeremaining'inboth emulsion layers, preferably by potassium ierricyanide and sodium `thiosulfltte, in combination or as separatebaths. leavingapureminus greendye loimageinthelowerlliyei' apureminusred Fcuthis bleach the well-known Farmers reducer is satisfactory. 'lhenishediihmwashedanddriaihason frame A (the red-green diiierential two-color record) two color components i5 and I6 superpooed and on frame B (the blue-monochrome record) only one color component existing actually at I'I and i6 in both layers, but for printing purp existing in the top layer only, as will be fully explained in describing the positive printing process.

Nmsrrvr Paocxsslno-Mrrnon BY This method may be used instead of that just described, andwhile it involves more steps than Method A. it has one advantage in minimizing' any tendency to harden the gelatine in the imlce Portions and, therefore, facilitates the attainment of satisfactory balance between the emulsions throughout the useful density range.

'Ihe lm is developed, iixed. washed, and bleached in potassium ierricyanide to transform theimagesinbothlayers. Theiilmisexposed and the top layer only is re-developed to silver by controlling the penetration of an energetic developer and arresting the development as soon asthedesireddepthisreached. Tomakethe penetration oi the developer suiiicientb slow to permit adequate control, the developer solution isloadedbyaddmgalargeamountoisodium 4 sulfate The following formula represents a satisiactory example.

Fdmala VI Hydro-quinone srams..- 12.5 Sodium-sulilte -1 grams-- 19.0 Potassium hydroxide grams 41.0 Sodium sulfate grams.- 200.0

Water to mgl- 1 The time o! penetration of this developer throughthetoplayeronlymaybeextendedto 30-40 seconds, depending on temperature and emulsion thickness. The time o! penetration will, of course', depend on the particular developer formula used. Development is arrested by immediate immersion in a stop bath kept at a very low. temperature, say, between 0-5 C. Such a stop bath is Formula VII Sodium bisultite -grams-- 50 Glacial acetic acid. ;-cc- 30 Water to liter 1 Inthiscontroiotdevelopmentuseismadeof 5 the long induction period of hydro-quinone, to-

ether with its sensitivity to 'temperature which Formula VIH Sodium sulnte .1'|.ms. 100 Amidol s. ma.- 50 Sodium suliate .grnms... N0 i Water t0 liter.-

Withthisdevelopel-,astopbathotwcaot glacialaceticacidin1literoi'wat.coolcdto 0-5" C. issatistactory.althoughthestopbath, l. llormulaVILjustgivemwillaJlobesatldactnry.

Atthisstageoithe,theiilmcon tains a developable silver ierrocyanide in the lower layer and a metallic silver inthe upper layer. Immersioninared color u developer as described under Method A, Step 3, is now carried out, depositing dye along with the silver of the image which is being 11e-lievel-4 seconds, depending on temperature and emukiou thickness. A suitable bleach is For-mila IX li Sodium sulfate grams..- 200 Potassium terricyanide ...gramm 50 Water to litel Hereagamtheclrgeisunemtermednhyer u betweenthetwounulsiomaiiordsleewayiorpsibleerrorandwanteringotnolutm.

` The bleaching actimisanestedhyimmediateimmersionoftheiilm in a dilute solutim of hydroxyiamine lLvdrochloride and ammonia which rapidly converts the remaining ierricyanide l carried along in the gelatine to potamlnm ltern-ocyanide, the latter canpoond having no bleaching action. Such a suitable stop hath is Formula I l0 Hydroxyl-amine hydrochloride-.. -.grams.- N Ammonia 28% cc-- 50 Water to liter l 'I'hisstopbathisusedatrontempentlne u..

.driedandisintbesamestateasrepreoemcdn bym. a.

' Paauw Interfaz ononesidethsmmbuemanuinm arecoatedwithanintermediateverythingela u tine layer between them. These emulsions are coated respectively in the same order to approximately the same thickness and with substantially the same color sensitizing speciied for the nega- 5 tive material. Accordingly, there is a green sensitive layer 2| next the support 2li, then the intermediate gelatine layer 22, and then the red sensitive layerv 23. These positive emulsions', however, are chosen for excessively fine grain, ne enough to render the appearance of the double-coated lm only faintly translucent. As stated, each of these layers may be color-sensitized with the same sensitizing dyes used for the negative material. are predominantly of silver bromide.

n the reverse side of the film support is a thin coating 2l of slow. emulsion, not necessarily transparent, sensitized to the infra-red region from about '1.50 to 850 mp.. Over this coating is placed a water-proof stripping varnish layer 25 containing dye or lamp-black to serve also as backing. necessary to avoid halation, due to reection of red, green and infra-red rays from the rear emulsion-air interface. Benzyl cellulose has been found adaptable .to this purpose, as it may be easily stripped from the emulsion surface when it is desired to process the infra-red' sensitized coating as given belo A suitable varnish for this purpose is 30 Formula XI Cellulose-benzyl ether -grams-- 150` Benzene c1' 1550 Toluenecc 100 35 Xylene cc 400 Although this infra-red sensitive emulsion may be of the type described for the other two coatings, it is advisable to have it in the form of a pure silver chloride emulsion of whatever grain size may be necessary to secure suihcient latitude. An infra-red sensitizer which is suitable for this emulsion is neocyanine (thio-tricarbocyanine).

The infra-red sensitizing of such a. chloride emulsion has been found to confer lsufficient speed to infra-red light for practical purposes.

The reason for having this single emulsion coating composed of pure silver chloride is to permit of diierential fixation in ammonia which will dissolve the silver chloride of this single layer without appreciably affecting the silver bromide formed in a subsequent bleaching step of the positive processing which will be described later.

'I'his positive sensitive material is a modiication of that described and claimed in our copending application, Serial No. 626,733, filed July 30, 1932.

Positive Exposure It will be understood that both frames of the negative lm belonging to each simultaneously exposed pair must be printed in register on a singleframe of positive film. This may be accomplished in an optical printer of a form known to the art, in which the printing of the two frames is done simultaneously, one by simple projection onto the positive lm and the image of the other frame being projected onto the back in register by an optical system of severalprisms and lenses. a typical printer being shown in the U. S. patent' to Capstai 1,475,599, granted December 25, 1923. f

We prefer, however, to carry out this printing u byV an arrangement which we believe to be novel,

Both of these emulsions and which has great advantages of simplicity. This printer is illustrated diagrammatically in Figs. 6 and 7, the shutter being shown in Fig. 5.

In this printer both negative and positive illms, designated N and P respectively, travel intermit- 5 tently, the former passing two frames successively past a single gate to every one frame of the positive film exposed at the other gate. Registration isl important and may be insured by any of the well known expedients, such as 10 by a uniform spring pressure from one side of each film gate, by accurate intermittent mechanisms, and by registration pins entering the lm "perforations at both gates while the lms are at rest during exposure intervals. Since these are familiar mechanical details, they are not shown in full as they would tend to complicate the drawing and obscure the salient features.

-Frame A of the negative containing two different.a1 color components is to be exposed by 20 yellow light (red plus green) excluding the extreme red and infra-red, thereby affecting the double coated side of the positive film only. Frame B of the negative containing the single blue record component in both layers (non-dfferentially) is printed by infra-red light of wave lengths 750-850 mp, thereby printing only on the infra-red sensitive emulsion on the reverse side of the positive nlm. The positive emulsions are particularly transparent to light of these longer wave lengths, resulting in a minimum loss of deniticn due to printing through two emulsions and through the film base to the coating on the reverse side.

The black varnish backing aiords protection against halation. Blue light is excluded from the positive printing.

In the printer shown dlagrammatically in Figs.

6 and '1, two sources of light are employed as shown, each with stationary filters attached. One light source 30 is on the optical axis of the printer and the other 3|` at right angles to it. A special type of shutter 32, shown in Fig. 5, is

, used, having one sector 33 open except for rim 34 and one fully reilecting mirror sector 35: 45 opposite the open sector to transmit successivelyY the suitably filtered light fromthe two light sources A and B in synchronism` with the successive exposures of the alternate negative frames.. The other two sectors 36 are opaque 50 and non-reecting.

'111e negative lm N is driven past gate 31 by a pulldown mechanism shown conventionally at 38 and operating in timed relation with the shutter 32, such that the movement occurs as the moves the film during alternate movements of nlm N.

In front of-ught an isa filterv 4|, of known 6.5.

type, which may be a combination of layers or dyes, excluding virtually all the extreme red' and infra-red as well. as blue during one printing exposure, `while transmittingatjthe same time enough visible red and green light for printing the red and green color components. As an example, a dilute solution cf cupric chlo-, ridehas'been satisfactorily employed as a filter absorbing infra-red. Less satisfactory for absorbing infra-red, though more convenient, are

heat-resisting glasses of, greenish color of well known type, whose abszfrption in the infra-red is relatively high compared to their absorption inthe visiblered. Thereshould alsobeusedin iront of one light source a yellow iilter, transmitting only green and red and no blue or imrared, together with the above minus-inIrs-red :D1- ter. Such a suitable liquid filter cell ot 1 cm. cell thickness will contain 21,5% ot cupric chioride in water. In front of the other light source 3l, the nlt'er I2 will consist or an infra-red niter ofknowntypeandalsoaglassor liquid iilterto exclude a great deal oi.' the intra-red light of wavelengths1ongerthan800m. Aliquidiilter of 1 cm. cell thickness containing 1,5% of cupric chloride is satisfactory .for this purpose. 'I'he reason tor excluding these higher wave lengths is that the blue-green dye used for the printing image in the negative lm transmits the longer wave lengths more easily, thereby decreasing its elective contrast in printing.

The type of printer described is usedto avoid having revolving liquid iilter cells which might otherwise he required. It is, however, possible to design such a printer which would contain a shutter having two open sectors, as heretofore used in printing of this kind, one of the open sectors of the shutter containing one illter and the 0111er the other nlter.

The result of the optical printing as described is to print from a minus red colored image I5 in trame A of the negative film, representing the red record component, upon the red sensitized top coating 22 of the positive iilm, this printed image being to a minus red color. Similarly, trom the minus green colored image il is printed a latent image in the green sensitive positive layer 2| and this processed to a minus green image. From the blue record componente in trame B, is printed by intra-red light a latent image in the coating 24 of the positive. -The minus red dye image I1 in the top layer ot the negative iilm is also substantially minus infra-red and therefore prints effectively, where'- as the red image Il in the lower layer is virtu- 'ally t to the infra-red, and therefore negligible in printing. 'I'he result is that each or! the three-color components is printed in onev layeronlyofihepositiveiilm.

PositiveProcessing 6. Benoving with Farmers reducer the silver positive is immediately developed ss in above, and tixed. Fior the red color de- Step 3, we prefer the following solui'ihenolitiveredimage:

Formula XII l Water liter..- 1 Diethyi para phenylene diamine HCLgrams-- 10 Sodium suliite. ..-grams l Sodium carbonate ..-grams N 5 Potassium umide (moin soluum s Formula XIII u Water -liter-- 1 Diethyl p-phenylene diamine HC1 grams 10 Sodium suiilte -grams..- 5 Sodium carbonate grams 20 Potassium bromide (molar solution) ..-ce- 2 n To 100 cc. of this solutionI are added benl!!! acetone 0.1 g. dissolved in ethyl alcohol 5 cc.

This furnishes the third subtractive positivo color component corresponding to the original blue negative record which, it will be remembered, has been printed by infra-red on the single coating on the reverse side ot the positive.

After the yellow development, the iiim is immersed in dilute ammonia. approximately 4%, to hx out the um n silver chloride in the ini'ra-red sensitive layer without meeting-tin silver bromide formed by the bleach bath in the topiayerofthedoublecoating. Thissiiverbromide is therefore the only developable depolit in the nlm and is developed after exposureto white iight in a minus red color-forming devol oper which may be of the same type as that given in Step Scot the negative processing Method A.

After thorough washing, the residual imsgl4 remaining in all three emulsions are simuitam-- ously removed as described under Negative Proeessing,MethodA,Step6. Thisstepinvolva simple reduction by Farmer's reducer.

'Ihedimisnowwashedanddriedandisa complete three color subtractive picture. 'el showninlg.8inwhichthereareshownin thethreeor'lginallayers23,2land2lrpee tively. the dye images, 64, 4I and Il whiehsuecessively absorb red, green and blue, and by the subtractive transmit a properly coi ored three-color image.

Numerousvariationsintheprocessasoutlinsd maybemadaotwhichthetollowingare' amples:

Ittheiinishedprocessednegativeasdescribed above is printed in acontact printer by yellow' light on positive material double-coated' buil `without the third varnished intro-red sensitive emulsiononthereversesidaandiiitbeproc" essedaccordingtoeitherMethodAorMethodB 'IE under Negative a master podtivo wiilresuit. Repetitionotthisproeesswillremlt inamasternegative.- e

To avoid excessive Vre-duplication and consoquent loss in quality, the master positivo jun 1I employmethodsofilotationorothermechanlcal' means in diiferentially Opposite sides otthelm. Thesearepractibleandmaybe used to avoid the necessity of water-prooilngone layerwithvarnishbutappearlusetulthan theonefnllydescribedabove.

Thecolorsensitizingotthelayersothenegatiyemaybechangedaltogethermmthatdescribed. V'lliesensitivityrangemaybequite different from that mentioned. The two layers otthenegativemaybecoatedinthereverse order. 'lhe intervening thin gelatine layer betweenthetwolayersofthevemaycontain advetoactasascreenforthelayerunderneath.-

-Thecolorschosenforprocessingthenegaiive` maybechanged,asgreenandredneednot nbeused. Ablueandayellow,ora bluegreenandorangeyellommaybeusedto form emcient printing images, in which cme the double coating of the positive described will have two emulsion layers sensitized to blue and to orange respectively, in either order.

The order of the emulsion layers of the positive with respect to the direction ot light from the printer may be changed.

Owingtothelengthofthefol'egoingdescription. itmybe of advantage to the Steps.

Negatives Doublecoatedredandgreensensitizedillmis exposed in a split-beam camera, two frames at a. time through yellow and blue illters respectively. This is developed, ilxed, bleached and rie-developed in one color. The top layer is then bleached and redeveloped in a second color. The

v silver is removed leaving pure dye images.

Method A described above is the simplest vfor carrying out these steps.

'Iheiilmhascoatedredandgreensensitlve transparent emulsions on one side of the support and an infra-red sensitive coating on the reverse side, this being protected by a waterproof, stripping, anti-halation varnish coating. Thepostiveisexposedoneframeatatimefor each two negativektrames in a special optical printer using red and Vgreen light for one negative frame and infra-red lightfor the other. It is. developed to magenta and ilxed. lf.l.he top layer is bleached. The stripping layer is removed from the infra-red emulsion which is .developed yellow and xed in ammonia. The

bleached top layer on the double coated side is exposed and redeveloped to a blue-green. The silverinalllayersisremovemleaving pure dye images.

Whilewehavedescribedtbisprocessandde- 'infra-red light through the area containing signed it particularly for a color motion pictureprocess, we donotwishtobelimitedtothe motion picture iield. Similar methods could be applied to the making of still pictures on either plates or films.

We consider as included within our invention all modifications and equivalents coming within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The process of'producing a three color photographic record which comprises forming in one area two diierentially color sensitized layers in superposition two registering images of the same subject, the images being diierentcolor sensation records thereof, and forming in another area of the same layers a thi-rd different color sensation record of the same subject, the images thus formed in one layer being of different color than those inthe other layer, exposing the same area of a sensitive lm carrying three dinerentially color sensitized layers to printing light of three different colors transmitted by said tln'ee color sensation records respectively, the three diilerent colors being those to which the layers are differentially sensitive thereby forming in each sensitive layer a color sensation record, and then transforming said last named three color sensation records into images ot dierent suitable complementary colors.

2; The process of producing a` three color photographic record which comprises forming in one area two differentially color sensitized layers in superposition, two registering images of the same subject, the images being different color sensation records thereof, and forming in another area of the same two layers, a third different color sensation record of the same subject, the images so formed in the same layer being of the same color, printing from the images so produced upon a photographic element comprising a support having on one face superposed green sensitive and red sensitive layers, and on the reverse side of said support a layer sensitive to the infra-red; said printing comprising exposure to red and green light through the area containing the red and green sensation records and exposure to the blue sensation record.

3. The process o! producing a three color photographic record which comprises forming in one area green and red color sensitized layers in superposition two registering images of the same subject, the images being green and red component records thereof and forming in another area of the sametwo layers a vblue record of the 'same subject; transforming the images in the green sensitive layer to a red or minus green color and the images in the red sensitive layer to a green or minus red color; printing from the said images upon a positive fllm comprising a support carrying on one face a green sensitive emulsion layer, over said green sensitive emulsion layer another layer sensitized to red, and on the reverse side an emulsion layer sensitive to the'infra-red; said printing comprising exposure to r'ed and green light through the area containing the red and green sensation records and exposure by infra-red light through the area containing the blue sensation record; and transforming, the printed green component record to minus green, the printed red component record to minus red, and the printed blue component record to yellow.

/i-i V separateimag ofthe same subject two areas ofalmcoatedwithdiii'erentiallygreenand red sensitised layers in superposition, one o! said images being predominantly of redk and green light, thereby recording a red component image inone layer and a green component image in the other layer of said area, and the other image being predominanly of blue light, thereby recording a blue component image in both layers oi' said other area: transforming the imagesinthegreensensitivelayertoaredorminus-green color and the images in the red sensitive layer to a green or minus-red color; printing'the negative iilm so produced upon a positive `iilxn comprising a support having on one face a green sensitive layer and a red sensitive layer, and on the reverse side a layer sensitive to the infra-red; said printing comprising the exposure o! the positive film to only red and green light transmitted through the picture area containing the red and green component images and the exposure of the infra-red sensitive layer to only infra-red light transmitted through the picture area containing the blue sensation record, and transforming thelatent images thus produced in the three layers of the positive film each to a suitable color. 5. The process of producing a three color photographic record which comprises exposing to two separate images of the same subject two areas of a hlm coated with diiierentially green and red sensitized layers in superposition, one area being exposed through a yellow illter, thereby recording the red record in one layer and the green record. in the other layer or said area, and the other area being exposed to a blue filter, thereby recording the blue record in both layers of said other area; processing the green sensitive layer to a red or minus green color andthe red sensitive layer to a green or minus red color; printing. the negative iilm so produced on a positive iilm comprising a support, on one face oi` said support a green sensitive emulsion layer, over said green sensitive emulsion layer another layer sensitised to red, and on the reverse side of said support an emulsion layer sensitive predominantly to the infra-red; said printing -comprising the exposure of .the positive film through a yellow lter tothe picture area containing the red and green sensation records and the exelement. and images of a third color componentV oi the same subject inregistry in 'said layers in another area oi' said element, the images in one layer transmitting green light and absorbing red light and the images in the other layer transmitting red light and absorbing green light, and the images in one of the layers absorbing infra-red light and images inthe other of the layers transmitting intra-red light.

'LIn a process of producing a three color pho tographic record which comprises forming separate color sensation records in a film having two color sensitivelyers. the Btell which comprise forming a blue sensation negativerecordonlyinonepictureareabutinboth layers, and transforming the records into images of diierent colors, one ot which is absorptive to light of a deilnite color which the other image transmits, and then printing from said record by light of said color.

8.1naprocessofproducingathreecolor photographic record which comprises -forming separate color sensation records in a illm having two superpoeed color sensitive layers, the steps which comprise forming a blue sensation record only in one picture area but in both layers, and transforming the two -records into images of diierent colors, one oi' which ris transparent to infra-'red light andthe other absorbing infra-red light, and printing from said blue sensation negativerecord by infra-red light.

9. A photographic element comprising a support and two sensitive layers thereon, one layer including silver bromide as the sensitive salt and the other layer including silver chloride as the sensitive salt, whereby the silver chloride can record an image ot infra-red light to which the silver bromide layer is insensitive and can be ilxed in a solvent for silver chloride which is not a solvent for silver bromide.

l0. A photographic iilm comprising a slipport, two superposed layers, color sensitive to two diilerent regions of the visible spectrum, carried on one side of the support. and a third layer sensitive to the infra-red region `oi the spectrum carried on the other side of the support. i

11. A photographic lm comprising a support. a green sensitive layer on one face of the support, another layer sensitized to red and supaposed on said green sensitive layer and a layer sensitive to the infra-red carried on the reverse side of the support. 124. A photographic nlm comprising a support, two superposed uncolored sensitized layers on one face ot said support, one a green sensitive layer and the other a red sensitive layer, a thin coating o! clear gelatin `between the green and the red sensitive layers, and on the reverse side of said support a layer sensitive to intra-red.

13. A photographic nlm comprising a support, two superposed layers carried on one face of the support, one being an uncolored layer sensitive to green but not to red or infra-red, and the other an uncolored layer sensitized to red but not to green or intra-red, a thin coating of clear gelatin between the green and the red sensitive layers, and on the reverse side of said support a layer sensitive to infra-red but not to red or green.

14. A photographic iilm comprising a support. two superposed layers on one tace of saidsup`- port, one a green sensitive gelatine-silver halide and the other a red sensitive gelatino-silver halide layer, and on the reverse side of said support an emulsion layer containing silver chloride and sensitive to intra-red.

l5. A positive ilhn comprising a support, on one face o! said support a green sensitive emulsion layer largely of silver bromide in gelatin, over said green sensitive emulsion layer another layer sensitized to red and also consisting largely ot silver bromide, a thin coating d clear gelatin between the green and the red sensitive layers, and on the reverse side of said snpport an emulsion layer of silver chloride sensitive to the' intra-red and a removable, waterproof, u

anti-halatlon layer over said last named emulsion layer. f

16. A photographic 111m comprising a support, superposed layers on one side of said support, one a green sensitive gelatino-halide emulsion and the other a red sensitive gelatino-halide named layer a. thin, waterproof, readily removable colored protective anti-halation layer.

18. In a method of processing in colors a pho-- tographic element having a silver bromide emulsion layer 'and a silver chloride layer the step of treating differentially the layers of the element with a solution containing ammonia whereby the silver chloride is dissolved out of one layer but the silver bromide in the other layer is unaffected.

19. In a process oi' printing upon a film having three dierentially sensitized layers, only one of which is sensitive to infra-red light, from at` two layer lm containing three separate color records oi' the red, green, and blue sensations respectively, one of the layers being colored red and containing the blue, land red sensation records in adjacent areas, and the other layer being colored green and containing the blue and green sensation records in corresponding adjacent areas, the blue sensation record in the two layers being superposed, the steps o! printing the red and green sensation records by a single beam of red and green light only, and printing the blue sensation record by infra-red light through the two `layers on which the red and green records have been printed.

' 20. In a process of printing upon a film having three di'erentially sensitized layers, only one of which is sensitive to infra-red light, from a two layer illm containing three separate color' records of the'red, green and blue sensations respectively one of the layers being colored red and containing the blue and red sensation records in adjacent areas, and the other layer being colored green and containing the blue and green sensation records in corresponding adjacent areas, Vthe blue sensation record in the two layers being superposed, the steps of printing the red and green sensation records by a single beam of red and green light, only, and printing the blue sensation record by infra-red light through the two layers on which the red and green records have been printed, the layer which is sensitive to infrared light including silver chloride as the sensitive material.

LEOPOLD D. MANNES.

LEOPOLD GODOWSKY, Jn. 

